Eryk Goczał and co-driver Oriol Mena have received a reprimand from the FIA for lighting a bush fire, illegal under Moroccan law, to signal for help during the Rallye du Maroc.
Martin Macík Jr. has been disqualified from the Rallye du Maroc as his truck’s engine restrictor did not meet regulation, opening the door to Janus van Kasteren winning the World Rally-Raid Championship.
Sébastien Loeb, Nasser Al-Attiyah, and Carlos Sainz were among the many victims of Stage 4 at the Rallye du Maroc, ruining their overall victory hopes with just one day left.
The full transcript for The Checkered Flag’s interview with World Rally-Raid Championship driver and two-time Dakar Rally winner Austin Jones.
T3 drivers Dania Akeel, Rokas Baciuška, Mitch Guthrie, Cristina Gutiérrez, and Seth Quintero will get to try out T1+ cars on Wednesday after the World Rally-Raid Championship season ends.
Stage 3 of the Rallye du Maroc was a duelling tale of two similarly named contenders as Mattias Ekström beat Nasser Al-Attiyah for the FIA win while Matthias Walkner fell just moments after starting the stage.
Pau Navarro, already impressing in his début in the top-flight T1 category at the Rallye du Maroc, was quick to point out that even his T1.1 subcategory pales in comparison to the monsters of the even higher T1+.
From Morocco, twice-reigning Dakar Rally winner Austin Jones had a quick word with The Checkered Flag about his World Rally-Raid Championship T3 pursuit and the 2024 season.
Nasser Al-Attiyah’s 2023 dominance meant he had already won his second World Rally-Raid Championship before the Rallye du Maroc was even halfway done.
Ross Branch scored his second stage win of 2023 and first since Dakar as he led the way in Stage #1 of the Rallye du Maroc.
Dakar alumnus Vadim Pritulyak and his wounded Ukrainian veterans-turned-navigators hope to use the Rallye TT Cuenca to raise foreign support for the SKARLAT being tested and used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
BAIC ORV has been docked all 100 points earned in the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship for not running the minimum 4 races. The Chinese manufacturer only entered the first 3 rounds.
Skyler Howes did not have the start to his Honda tenure that he hoped after crashing in the Rallye du Maroc’s Prologue. On the flip side, the Audis finished the stage 1–2.
While his injury recovery has gone smoothly, Kevin Benavides will skip the Rallye du Maroc so that he could be at 100% for the 2024 Dakar Rally.
After crashing during the final day of testing and injuring his shoulder, Joaquim Rodrigues will not race the Rallye du Maroc.
Lukas Lauda, the oldest son of Niki Lauda, didn’t follow in his dad’s driving footsteps but has dabbled in rally raids since 2022 and will race the World Rally-Raid Championship’s Rallye du Maroc.
The full transcript of The Checkered Flag’s interview with Dakar Rally and cross-country racer João Ferreira.
